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In the midst of our discussions a letter came from my Uncle Snow, a merchant in New York, generously offering me a place in his counting house. The case resolved itself into this: If I went to college, I should have to be dependent on Captain Nutter for several years, and at the end of the collegiate course would have no settled profession. If I accepted my uncle's offer, I might hope to work my way to independence without loss of time. It was hard to give up the long cherished dream of being a Harvard boy; but I gave it up UGGs clearance outlet ugg boots on sale uggs factory outlet UGGs outlet store. The decision once made, it was Uncle Snow's wish that I should enter his counting house immediately. The cause of my good uncle's haste was this he was afraid that I would turn out to be a poet before he could make a merchant of me. His fears were based upon the fact that I had published in the Rivermouth Barnacle some verses addressed in a familiar manner "To the Moon." 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But when the moment came for leaving, and I saw my small trunk lashed up behind the carriage, then the pleasantness of the old life and a vague dread of the new came over me, and a mist filled my eyes, shutting out the group of schoolfellows, including all the members of the Centipede Club, who had come down to the house to see me off uggs wholesale outlet nike dunk heels UGGs Australia outlet nike heels. As the carriage swept round the corner, I leaned out of the window to take a last look at Sailor Ben's cottage, and there was the Admiral's flag flying at half mast. So I left Rivermouth, little dreaming that I was not to see the old place again for many and many a year. The new life upon which I entered, the new friends and foes I encountered on the road, and what I did and what I did not, are matters that do not come within the scope of these pages. 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Miss Abigail regulated the domestic destinies of my grandfather's household until the day of her death, which Dr. Theophilus Tredick solemnly averred was hastened by the inveterate habit she had contracted of swallowing unknown quantities of hot drops whenever she fancied herself out of sorts. Eighty seven empty phials were found in a bonnet box on a shelf in her bedroom closet. The old house became very lonely when the family got reduced to Captain Nutter and Kitty; and when Kitty passed away, my grandfather divided his time between Rivermouth and New York. Sailor Ben did not long survive his little Irish lass, as he always fondly called her. At his demise, which took place about six years since, he left his property in trust to the managers of a "Home for Aged Mariners." 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